Women’s Choice Network
CONFIDENTIAL VOLUNTEER APPLICATION
Print and complete all information. All information is confidential and will only be seen by pertinent WCN staff. Email to Fiona Sowers at or mail to Fiona at PO Box 15034, Pittsburgh, PA 15237 or fax to 724-935-3680.
Today’s Date: ______
Name: ______Date of Birth: ______Age: ______Gender: M F
Phone (home): ______Phone (cell): ______E-mail: ______
Address: ______Nghbrhood: ______City: ______Zip: ______
Occupation: ______Marital Status: ______
Previous Volunteer Experience (if any): ______
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1. Do you consider yourself a Christian? yes no
2. What is a Christian? ______
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3. How long have you been a Christian? ______How is following Christ evidenced in your life? ______
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4. Provide the following information on the church that you attend:
Church Name: ______Denomination: ______
Phone: ______Pastor’s Name: ______
Address: ______Nghbrhood: ______City: ______Zip: ______
Describe any positions held or services performed within your church: ______
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May we call your Pastor for a reference? yes no
5. Please provide the following information about yourself:
Highest level of education you attended: ______Degrees: ______
List any special training, Biblical studies, or education experience: ______
Are you a licensed medical professional? yes no Type of License?______
(If yes, please attach a resume or CV)
Why are you interested in volunteering at the WCN? ______
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How does your spouse/family feel about your involvement? n/a ______
Are you currently seeking to adopt a child? yes no
Have you ever given counsel to a woman considering abortion? yes no
Explain: ______
Have you or someone you know had an abortion? yes no
Explain: ______
Have you ever known an unwed mother? yes no
Explain: ______
Under what circumstance would you consider abortion as an option for a woman in a crisis pregnancy?
never rape incest life/health of mother other: ______
What special gifts, talents, or personality traits do you bring to this ministry? ______
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What are your personal strengths? ______
What are your personal weaknesses? ______
Do you have difficulty working with any specific personality types? ______
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6. Personal abortion knowledge:
How abortions are performed.excellent good fair poor
Laws regulating abortions. excellent good fair poor
What Bible teaches (directly or indirectly) about abortion? excellent good fair poor
7. References – Pastor and 2 Non-Relatives:
Name: ______Relationship: ____Pastor___ Years Known: _____
Address:______City/State/Zip:______
Phone: ______E-mail: ______
Name: ______Relationship: ______Years Known: _____
Address:______City/State/Zip:______
Phone: ______E-mail: ______
Name: ______Relationship: ______Years Known: _____
Address:______City/State/Zip:______
Phone: ______E-mail: ______
8. Have you ever been convicted of a felony within the last seven years? (Conviction will not necessarily disqualify an applicant from volunteer service.) yes no
Please Note: A National Criminal Background Check will be required prior to meeting with clients one on one.
Your affiliation with our ministry as a volunteer is contingent to the result of a criminal background check. Your signature authorizes the Women’s Choice Network to conduct these checks relating to you, as they deem necessary, to meet legal and insurance requirements.
Volunteer Signature: ______Date: ______
9.Please check the areas in which you are interested in volunteering. If you are interested in more than one area of ministry or more than one location, please fill out only ONE application. WCN will forward the application to all appropriate areas. (full job descriptions available on )
____ Peer Counselor____ Advocate____ Nurse/Med. Professional
____ Material Support____ Campaign committee*____ Administrative____ Church Liaison
____ Campus Liaison____ Outreach____ Speaker____ Cleaning
____ Post-abortion Bible Study Leader/co-leader
*Campaign committees serve out of Wexford office
Indicate the location (in order of preference 1, 2, 3, or 4)you prefer to serve in:
____Oakland ____Wexford ____Monroeville ____North Side_____Admin Office (Wexford)
10. Please read Women’s Choice Network’s Statement of Faith and Mission.(see below for statements) Are you in total agreement with these statements? yes no If not, please explain______
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Optional: Please add any additional information that would be useful. ______
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Email the completed form to Fiona Sowers at or mail to Fiona at PO Box 15034, Pittsburgh, PA 15237 or fax to 724-935-3680.
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Mission
Empowering abortion vulnerable women to choose life.
Our Vision
We provide professional medical services, compassionate Christ-centered counseling, and practical support to those vulnerable to choosing abortion.
We will extend care to those who have suffered past abortions to bring hope and healing through post abortion counseling and education.
We inspire young men and women to follow the Biblical model for sexuality including abstinence before marriage and fidelity within marriage.
We will consciously extend our mission into the African American community through the outreach programs and services of our Urban Initiative.
We will implement specific strategies to engage and educate women and men who live and learn in the downtown and Oakland areas through our Campus Project.
We will strengthen our impact in the northern and eastern suburbs through more visible center locations and more effective use of advertising media.
Statement of Principle
1. The WCN is an outreach ministry of Jesus Christ through His church. Therefore, the WCN, embodied in its volunteers, is committed to presenting the gospel of our Lord to women with crisis pregnancies – both in word and in deed. Commensurate with the purpose, those who labor as WCN board members, directors, and volunteers are expected to know Christ as their Savior and Lord.
2. The WCN is committed to providing its clients with accurate and complete information about both prenatal development and abortion.
3. The WCN is committed to integrity in dealing with clients, earning their trust, and providing promised information and services. The WCN denounces any form of deception in its corporate advertising or individual conversations with its client.
4. The WCN is committed to assisting women to carry to term by providing emotional support and practical assistance. Through the provision of God’s people and the community at large, women may face the future with hope and plan constructively for themselves and their babies.
5. The WCN does not discriminate in providing services because of race, creed, color, national origin, age, or marital status of its clients.
6. The WCN does not recommend, provide, or refer for abortions or abortificients.
7. The WCN offers assistance free of charge at all times.
8. The WCN is committed to creating an awareness within the local community of the needs of
pregnant women and of the fact that abortion only compounds human need rather than resolving it.
9. The WCN does not recommend, provide, or refer clients for contraceptives.
10. The WCN recognizes the validity of adoption as one alternative to abortion, but is not biased toward adoption when compared to the other life-saving alternatives. WCN Centers are independent of adoption agencies, relating to them in the same manner as to other helpful referral sources. WCN receive no payment of any kind from these agencies, do not enter into contractual relationships with them, and do not share combined office space. Adoption agencies are not established under the auspices of centers. WCN neither initiate nor facilitate independent adoptions, though they may refer for independent adoptions in states where it is legal.
Statement of Faith
The Apostle’s Creed
We believe in God, the Father Almighty, the Creator of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord: Who was conceived of the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended into hell. The third day He arose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of god the Father Almighty, whence He shall come to judge the living and the dead. We believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy *catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.
*the Christian church
Statement of Evangelism
The WCN is a ministry that is dedicated to helping men and women choose life for their unborn children and the Biblical view of sexuality as a lifestyle. We support our clients in these Biblical choices emotionally, spiritually, and physically.
Because of this Biblical foundation, a Christian witness is continually woven into our exchanges with clients in an indirect manner. These are times, however, in a “teachable moment” when we are able to present the Gospel directly to our clients. It is our goal to have our counselors prepared to either seize or create the “teachable moment.”
It is the responsibility of the WCN staff to equip counselors to “always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asked you to give the reason for the hope that you have.” 1 Peter 3:15.
Added 5/2010: When making a referral to a Christian Church or clergyman, we make every effort to refer women to the church of their faith of origin. For example a Catholic client will be referred to a Catholic Church or Priest.
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